Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature by Elizabeth Winkler
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Category: History
An "extraordinarily brilliant" and "pleasurably naughty" (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy...and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written t ...Show more
The Last of Its Kind - The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson
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Category: History
How an iconic bird's final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gísli Pál ...Show more
The English Soul: Faith of a Nation by Peter Ackroyd
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Category: History
From celebrated historian and writer Peter Ackroyd, a magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the centuries. This book portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity, as it has developed over the last fourteen hundred years. During this time, Christianity has been the predominant ...Show more
Agents of Influence: How the KGB Subverted Western Democracies by Mark Hollingsworth
22.99 AUD
Category: History
'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge There's no such thing as a former KGB man... 'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge Agents of Influence reveals the secret history of an intelligence agency gone out of contro ...Show more
The Undesirables: The Mental Deficiency Act of 1913 and Its Assault on Liberty by Sarah Wise
39.99 AUD
Category: History
Through the early twentieth century, the British Government locked away over 50,000 innocent people. Their 'crimes'? Being poor and unyielding. This is their story. 'Staggering... Wise's book bristles with injustices.' Sunday Telegraph, ***** By 1950, an estimated 50,000 people had been deemed 'defectiv ...Show more
Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland by Peter Taylor
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Category: History
On the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Taylor tells for the first time the gripping story of Operation Chiffon, the top-secret intelligence operation that helped bring peace to Ireland.'A gripping exploration of how MI5 and MI6 worked for a ceasefire with the IRA - and how one meeti ...Show more
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm
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Category: History
The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria 'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times At its height in 660 ...Show more
Liberty: The Evolution of an Idea by John Bew (Text by); Adrian Bradshaw (Text by); Alexander McCall Smith (Text by)
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Category: History | Series: Essay Ser.
Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story contains multitudes - humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors' long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against au ...Show more
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare FTI (aka Churchill's Secret Warriors) by Damien Lewis
26.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completel ...Show more
Magisteria by Nicholas Spencer
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Category: History
Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. The true history of science and religion is a human one. It's about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scie ...Show more
The Awakening - A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700 by Charles Freeman
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Category: History
A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the ruins of the Roman Empire. The process of preservatio ...Show more
Money and Promises - Seven Deals That Changed the World (HB) by Paolo Zannoni
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Category: History
Where did modern banking come from--and how does this history help us understand financial crises?In the twelfth century, Pisa was a thriving metropolis, a powerhouse of global trade, and a city that stood at the center of medieval Europe. But Pisa had a problem: Money came in the form of coins, and the ...Show more